Extended treatment with interferon and ribavirin in a hemodialysis patient with chronic hepatitis C

Aline Gonzalez Vigani, MD, PhD; Maria H.P. Pavan; Raquel Tozzo; Eduardo S.L. Gonçales; Maria S.K. Lazarini; Alexandre Macedo de Oliveira; Fernando L. Gonçales, Jr

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Mar 2010)

Extended treatment with interferon and ribavirin in a hemodialysis patient with chronic hepatitis C

Aline Gonzalez Vigani, MD, PhD,
Maria H.P. Pavan,
Raquel Tozzo,
Eduardo S.L. Gonçales,
Maria S.K. Lazarini,
Alexandre Macedo de Oliveira,
Fernando L. Gonçales, Jr

Affiliations

Aline Gonzalez Vigani, MD, PhD: Viral Hepatitis Study Group, Department of Medical Clinic, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas – Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil; Correspondence to: Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas – UNICAMP Caixa-postal: 6198 Campinas – SP – Brazil, CEP: 13083-970, Phone: 55 29 35217727, Fax: 55 19 35217727.
Maria H.P. Pavan: Viral Hepatitis Study Group, Department of Medical Clinic, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas – Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil
Raquel Tozzo: Viral Hepatitis Study Group, Department of Medical Clinic, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas – Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil
Eduardo S.L. Gonçales: Viral Hepatitis Study Group, Department of Medical Clinic, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas – Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil
Maria S.K. Lazarini: Viral Hepatitis Study Group, Department of Medical Clinic, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas – Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil
Alexandre Macedo de Oliveira: Epidemiology Consultant
Fernando L. Gonçales, Jr: Viral Hepatitis Study Group, Department of Medical Clinic, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas – Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 2
pp. 193 – 196

Abstract

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Hemodialysis patient with chronic HCV infection, who was started on monotherapy with interferon. Qualitative HCV RNA remained positive at 12 weeks of treatment; ribavirin was associated. HCV RNA was negative at week 24 and treatment was extended to 72 weeks. HCV RNA negative six months after treatment. Keywords: hepatitis C virus, hemodialysis, treatment, interferon, ribavirin

Published in Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1413-8670 (Print); 1678-4391 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Spain
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
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